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I think the idea here was that their intrusion was so broad reaching as to be able to hack into something intended for children.
I'd be curious what the encryption level for Pokemon Go! is as well.
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Also, consider how popular Pokemon Go was when it first came out. All those people, wandering their neighborhoods as well as other public and private spaces, holding their phones out in front of them, the camera on and recording information. Imagine if someone had access to that data. In most cases, it's useless, but with such a large amount it becomes more valuable because you can see and predict trends. Data is the most valuable resource.
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The only reason Russian meddling is considered so important recently, is frankly, because Trump won the election. I'm sure there have been many other foreign governments in many other past American elections who have tried to influence our elections. One would think that effective "meddling" would have to do with government lobbyists, maybe foreign spies involved handling votes in the election process, or cyberhacking government computers.
...But Pokemon Go? ...Really? It reeks more of the media's desperation to try to invalidate Trump's election. ...At least the Muller investigations are something more substantial worth discussing. |
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Remember last year when all the discussion was about how the Democratic Party rigged the primaries so that Hillary became the candidate instead of Bernie Sanders, who had much more popular support? All that kinda got buried by all this Russian interference talk. I remember though.
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I'm always amazed with folks who are just Okay with the idea of a foreign power tinkering with our election process...because their guy got in.
As for the frivolity of cracking into Pokemon Go!. I had someone steal my AMEX card number a few years ago. They bought one song on iTunes with it, before buying five grand in airline vouchers. That's what this Pokemon makes me think of: The people testing out the efficacy of something by using something frivolous as a model first.
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Did some of you not read the article? They never hacked Pokemon Go, they used the game to give rewards and to promote an anti-government agenda, which btw Pokemon Go is played by a lot of adults and it does seem like it's obvious they did it. It's not only this they also used videos of blacks promoting resentment from blacks who were obviously not American.
But it's not that these weren't factors, people are using it as scapegoats as to why Trump won. It was a variety of factors and yet people still don't want to take a look at what happened and instead go for the cheap "X" is the only reason he won. If Americans don't take a look at themselves then it'll just happen again in 2020, so I better prepare because it affects me more than the average person complaining about him. Democrats fall for fake news involving russia as much as republicans fall for their fake news, some people are so eager for collusion they'll believe anything. https://www.vox.com/world/2017/5/19/...-louise-mensch When they were on the opposite side they did exactly as the Republicans are doing now when it comes to the connections http://www.politico.com/story/2017/0...l-comey-239389 And yet when there was obvious interference with Obama's white house, this story leaked and the media chose to ignore http://www.newsweek.com/fbi-kept-rus...-moscow-686660 confirmation bias from both sides Last edited by sdp; 10-19-2017 at 03:32 PM. |
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Amex is the one that alerted me to the fraud, told me they'd taken care of it, and that my new card would be in my hot little hands within 24 hours. That IS a really good question though. Now I wish I knew. Considering the flight vouchers were for British Airways I'm going to assume it was Lily Allen.
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Never liked that song much. It was my first JP song and it turned me off from checking out the rest of the band for a while. Then I listened to Desert Plains and decided to give the band another shot.
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Best Judas Priest song:
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If I had to make a top 10, I guess it'd look like this:
Desert Plains Pain And Pleasure Painkiller A Touch of Evil Night Crawler Evil Fantasies Turbo Lover Riding on the Wind Heavy Metal Devil's Child ...how did a thread about Trump and Russia end up with us discussing Judas Priest? |
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...And I'm always amazed by the sanctimonious behavior of others (to the point of self-appointing themselves as a defender of social liberties) belligerently complaining about one candidate's differing social/political viewpoints, but yet hardly displays any qualms when their candidate accepts donations from tyrannical governments that have harsher laws (far beyond the political viewpoints of their opponent).
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But that's fine, I guess, because it's not like Number of the Beast is lacking in good songs.
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This Thread is informed me that I have far too little Judas Priest in my life.
Clearly this needs to be rectified, and soon.
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Iron Maiden to me are THE classic heavy metal band. They're consistent for the most part. And they're one of those bands where I cannot name a favourite song at all. It depends on my mood. If I had to make a top 10 favourite Maiden songs in no order: Rime of the Ancient Mariner 2 Minutes to Midnight Stranger in a Strange Land Bring Your Daughter... To The Slaughter Moonchild The Red and the Black Sea of Madness The Number of the Beast Hallowed Be Thy Name Die With Your Boots On I think this is a very solid top 10... but still missing soem great songs and personal favourites such as The Prisoner, Sun and Steel, The Nomad, The Trooper, Killers, Iron Maiden, Prowler(my username!), Phantom of the Opera, etc. Man I saw Maiden live in 2013. It was awesome. These guys are old but can still give a damn good live performance. |
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Iron Maiden only have one album I'd call "bad", Which is Virtual XI. And it's not like it's atrocious or anything. Blaze Bailey's voice just didn't fit the band well, imo. The X Factor, his other album, is actually pretty underrated. man on the Edge is a great song, imo. Some of the more recent Maiden albums haven't been that great but they're not terrible by any means, imo. Maiden's prime ended around 1990, anyway. No Prayer For the Dying was the start of the more average albums by the band. That being said, A Brave New World, Dickinson's return album, was very solid. Ah the first two Maiden albums are very punk rockish. It wasn't until Dickinson came along that they adopted the style they've become forever known for. Quote:
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